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September 23, 1986 NM · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Sunbelt Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP ALLEGES WHE3 HE STEPPED ON TO THE WIRE STEP ON THE SCRAPER, THE STEP MOVED WHICH TWISTED HIS KNEE. THE KNEE DIDNT BOTHER HIM INITIALLY. THE STEP LADDER THAT IS USED TO STEP UPON WAS NOT AV AILABLE 3

March 19, 1986 NM · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Sunbelt Mining Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STEPPE8 INTO ON OPEN DRAGLINE SUBSTRUCTURE DOOR CAUSING A LACERATION ON HIS LEFT LEG. LIGHTING WAS NOT EDEGUATE IN THE AREA AND THE PREVIOUS SHIFT HAD LEFT THE DOOR OPEN.

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